VTWO News and Press, Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund From 04/03/24

2024-04-03 03:07:52 ET Summary Despite the case for small caps, it is recommended to sell the Russell 2000 and related ETFs due to negative alpha and seasonal factors. The S&P 600 and the CRSP Small Cap Index do not suffer from the same issues as the Russell 2000, and they hav...

2024-04-02 04:58:07 ET Summary The stock market, specifically the S&P 500 index, is currently very expensive. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF offers advantages over the S&P 500 index due to its inclusion of mid and small-cap companies. VTI provides exposure to higher g...

2024-03-27 12:38:38 ET Summary The Russell 2000 index is flawed and historically has had negative alpha, making it a poor investment choice. The index incurs significant transaction costs during its annual rebalancing in June, further dragging down performance. May to August h...

2024-03-27 05:33:00 ET Tom Lee is the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. He is well known for his stock-picking product, Granny Shots, which has more than doubled the return of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) since its inception in January 2019. That outperformance mak...

2024-03-25 15:00:00 ET Summary Small-caps in recent years have fallen well short of expectations that a risk premium in lesser companies would eventually deliver superior returns over the broad market, a.k.a. large-cap stocks. But one aspect of small caps that’s a hardy per...

2024-03-20 13:32:11 ET More on Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF VTWO: Avoid Vanguard's Low-Quality Russell 2000 Index ETF Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Dividend scorecard for Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Read the full article on See...

2024-03-19 17:30:00 ET Summary The odds the U.S. economy will see a recession start sometime in the next twelve months continued to rise during the past six weeks. The prospect for a recession has ticked up since bottoming largely because the inversion of the U.S. Treasury curve d...

2024-03-19 02:50:00 ET Summary Typically, a back-up in rates has led to a sell-off in stocks. We believe the current environment is different for three reasons: the degree of the move in rates, current economic cycle, and strength of mega-cap technology. In this environment, we wo...

2024-03-18 11:15:00 ET Summary Over the last two years, the evolution of the US economy has been driven by a return to “normal”. The change in cash levels at the household level were large and have proved more persistent than most expected. At the end of last yea...

2024-03-14 00:54:34 ET Summary Russell 2000 implied volatility hits a two-month low, which means less in the way of option premium to be collected from selling upside calls. Small caps continue to struggle relative to large caps, but IWM's absolute chart shows signs of life, sugge...